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ANFS DASHAIN NITE IN CANBERRA

10% of the ticket sale of our Dashain Nite event will go to drought affected Australian Farmers.

Dashain festival is knocking on our door, and we all know the importance of Dashain festival. Hence, ANFS is going to organise a Dashain nite event on 6 October 2018 on Saturday in Albert Hall 100 Commonwealth Ave, Yarralumla ACT 2601, where you will get a three-course meal along with a performance from local artists and DJ.

The ANFS were delighted to hold a Welcome BBQ party in Canberra for the Ambassador of Nepal to Australia, Her Excellency Ms Lucky Sherpa.

The Welcome program was performed by ANFS President Mr Jeevan Rana, followed by the welcome speech from many seniors and respected person from Canberra and the Quenbeyan area.

The event concluded with an official group photograph and refreshments. A sincere thank you to everyone for making the Welcome Session for Her Excellency Ms Lucky Sherpa so successful.

Below is the message from the ANFS President to everyone involved:

May I take this opportunity to thank all the members of ANFS, CNFC and NRNA ACT and Queanbeyan to make the event of welcoming our New Ambassador Her Excellency Lucky Sherpa Jiu a successful one. Without your help and support it wouldn’t have been possible. Thank you Her Excellency for gracing the occasion with your presence and sharing your views for future plans. Thank you all who helped in preparing and cooking mouth watering barbecue for all of us. Thank you all other members for attending the event in a large number despite of such a cold weather. Thank you all the founder of ANFS for attending the event. I look forward to your help and support in future programs.

Please click here to view where in Nepal our help from Canberra fundraising have gone to/are going to.

On 25 April, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Nepal, killing over 8500 people so far, and injuring thousands more. For more information on this tragic event please click here. At this difficult testing time, we are trying to raise the much needed fund to help recover those people lives who have nothing but fears for their present and future . Together we can rebuild the entire affected communities and a Nepal as whole by contributing whatever we can. If you would like to make some monetary donation, please visit our Fund raising page. If you are interested in volunteering for this good cause, please contact our Nepal Quake Relief coordination committee. ANFS as a not for profit organisation is dedicated to host and participate on various events to support this humanely cause. Some of our upcoming events are as follows:

Upcoming Events:

Invitation to a ‘thank-you’, update and consultation meeting:

Dear donors, supporters, volunteers and community members:

The Nepal Earthquake Relief Coordination Canberra cordially invites you to a community-wide meeting.

We are grateful to you for your kindness. We appreciate your feedback and suggestions and hope for your continued commitment towards helping the families and children devastated by the 2015 earthquake.

Fundraiser: Organisers of “Bollywood Musical Dhamal”, Merichi College, Braddon, Canberra donated up to $10 per ticket for Nepal’s earthquake relief from every ticket sold by Nepalese community. Event was held on 31 May 2015 from 6:30 pm.

Fundraiser: Canberra Bangladeshi Community organised a charity musical show “A Question for a Thousand Souls” by legendary Bangladeshi singer Subir Nandi, in support for Nepal Earthquake Victims, at St John’s Church, Reid, ACT on 31 May 2015 at 5:30 pm.

An Information sharing session took place at Rotary Club Kaleen, 18th may 6’30 pm.

Candle Light Vigil successfully held at Garema Place, Canberra on Friday 1st May. Thank you @GETUP! for sponsoring all the candles and cups. Thanks GreyHound for transferring it to Canberra. Thanks Ross Cartlidge for helping with logistics

Community Get Together held on Saturday 2nd May over simple BBQ with a good turnout. It was especially good to see our life time members attend and share.

We were able to transfer 50kg of medical supplies through Australian Himalayan Foundation to Remote area of Nepal. Words from the ground was “That was really good quality stuff they sent”.

Community member Suni Pandey Karki was able to take sleeping bags and blankets to Nepal and give to FNCCI. That was taken across to Gurkha straight away. Word from the ground was “That was really good sleeping bags from there!” Thanks Rabindra Pradhan for helping to make it smooth.

100 Tents have been delivered to Dhading area. 400 more being picked up tomorrow for delivery. Soodeep Chhetri our community member from Canberra is trying coordinate on the ground.

65 Tents 65 Blankets to the most affected families is being delivered right now (as I type this) to ward number 5 VDC of Panchkhal, Kavre where 80% of houses are destroyed. Suni Karki is coordinating that on the ground.

We have collected quite a lot of medication which will be relevant on the ground, tents, sleeping bags and blankets (quite a few of them brand new) as well as clothes which we are coordinating to send to Nepal as soon as embargo on cargo opens.

We have made good contacts with medical groups, pharmacies and other health related institutes that have donated medication needed on the ground. We are working closely with a team of Nepali doctors who are going from here on volunteer basis.

We are actively going out engaging with businesses to raise awareness and raise fund.

Nepali students at the University of Canberra (UC), with support from UC officials, organised a Candleligth Vigil on 5 May. Good turnout of UC students, community members and ANU students. Thanks to UC for the support and care provided to Nepali students at this difficult time. UC has 99 Nepali students. It has set up a welfare fund to support Nepali students affected by the earthquake.